The Gorbachev Phenomenon

by Moshe Lewin

Published 1 March 1988
The Gorbachev phenomenon is seen as the product of complex developments during the last seventy years--developments that changed the Soviet Union from a primarily agrarian society into an urban, industrial one. Here, for the first time, a noted authority on Soviet society identifies the crucial historical events and social forces that explain Glasnost and political and economic life in the Soviet Union today.